I'd like to make a long range hunter with bench use, though I'n not looking to make a match gun (though I'd settle for shoots as well as one : ) )--my biggest problem being I don't even have access to a range where I can shoot over 250 at the moment. It's gonna need work--it--doesn't strike me as being much more than an Axis in terms of stock/trigger. I was a tad concerned about the 24 as opposed to 26 inch barrel and what implications this might have on velocity/accuracy at longer ranges. The salesman--who also reloads--told me it's a question of matching slower to faster powders depending on barrel length. Is this true? This sounds obvious--but I don't recall reading that anywhere.